Adjustable support for window-shades.



H. M. SCHLOSS. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR wmoow SHADES.

APPL|CATl0N FlLED SEPT- 26. 1914. 1,267,464., Patented May 28,1918.

KINITE HARRY M. scHLoss, oF'JERsEY crrY, NEW JERsEY.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR WINDOW-SHADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918 Application filed September 26, 1914. Serial No. 863,597.

To all whom it may-concern:

,Be" it known that I,' HARRY MARTIN Sci-nose, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of'the city of Jersey City county of'EsseX, .State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports for Window-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This device is intended as a furtherfim provement' inan art'that has been developed to provide a means whereby'a Window shade hung or attached to-a window inan'ordinary position may be lowered from that position to any. other desirable position upon the window.

By this operation a means is provided whereby light and ventilation may be obtained from the top of the window and at the same time the lo'w'er'p'ortion or any other portion of the window. may be shaded and the light and view'excluded therefrom.

In this I invention I have attempted to cheapenand simplify the construction and operation 5 of the-device and to make other and important improvements in the design and construction that will enable the device to :efliciently fulfil every requirement.

Theconstruction and methodof operation will be fully set forth as thespecification progresses."

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying outthis invention, and

The accompanymgdrawings form a part ofthis specification, in Which:

Figure 1' shows in elevation one side of a window fitted with an inside bracket.

Fig. 2 shows the opposite side of another window fitted with anoutside bracket.

The remaining figures are on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 shows a companion bracket to that shown in Fig. 1. v I

Fig. 4 showsa companion bracket to that shown in'Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 shows-a front elevation of one of the pulley-bracketsused in Fig. 2.

Fig.6 shows a section through a guide rod and an elevation ofone of the sliders, arranged thereon.

Fig. 7 shows a modification of an outside bracket.

Fig. 8 shows in perspective one of the tubular cups which retain the lower ends of the rods;

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts mall the figures where they appear.

Referring to the drawings it will be noted that the portion of window casing shown in each drawing is indicated by the reference'chafracters 1 and 2. 1 indicates a casing adapted to receive an inside bracket, and 2 a casing adapted to receive an outside bracket.

These casings may be of ordinary construction and as they need no change for the reception of my device I do not deem it necessary to describe them.

At 3, I indicate what I may term a guide rod. I provide two of these rods for each window securing them parallel to each other, and one to each side of the window casing. These rods may be round solid rods of a diameter suflicient to insure the required rigidity.

The lower end of each rod is received in a bracket member 4 which consists of a tubularcup the edges of which are unj oined but which terminates in points 5 and 6 which assist in retainingthe cup in position. An extension formed integral with the cup is bent inward at the lower end of the cup to provide a stop and support for the rod and then downward as indicated at 7 to receive a perforation to accommodate a securing screw 8, which is entered at a convenient point in the casing of the window.

The upper end of the rod is received in a pulley bracket but as the pulley brackets for inside and outside fixtures are of different construction I will first describe that shown in connection with Fig. 1.

This bracket as indicated at 9 has formed integrally therewith a plurality of semitubular lugs 10 and 11 which engage the upper end of the rod 3. These lugs like the cu of the member 4: do not entirely surround the rod but the inner edge of each is open so that when the rod is secured by the cup 4 and brackets 9 it will rest upon the wood work of the casing of the window.

Formed integrally with the bracket 9 I provide a plurality of outwardly projecting supports are similar in construction when they are arranged upon a window one is in a reversed condition to the other so that the rollers project outward from the rods.

Arranged upon each rod is a sliding member 16 similar in general outline but one is provided with a perforation 17 to receive the pin of a shade roller and the other with a slot to receive the spring end of the roller. Each of these brackets are provided with a plurality of lugs 18 and 19 which may be formed integral with the bracket and through which the guide rod will pass. These lugs do not entirely surround the rod but engage thereon in the manner shown in Fig. 6.

Projecting from the upper edge of each sliding bracket is a stop as shown at 20. These stops insure that the upward movement of the brackets will not be suflicient to allow the shade roller to come in contact with the casing of the window. I also provide a perforation 21 in each bracket into which an operating cord or chain may be engaged.

Projecting inwardly from each of the sliding brackets and formed integral therewith I provide a member, of box section as shown at 22, which has a V shaped slot or key way 23 produced therein and between the opposite brackets and retained in the key-ways or slots is a spreader 24:.

The operation of this device may appearv obvious from the construction but I will however briefly describe it.

A cord or other flexible member is secured in the perforation 21 of each of the sliding brackets. The cords are then extended upward parallel with the rods upon which the brackets operate and are passed over the pulleys at the top of the rods. The left hand pulley receives one cord, the cord from this pulley continues across the window to join the opposite cord in passing over the right hand pulley. 'Both are then, carried downward and may be joined together t-o terminate in a single pull cord by which the device may be operated. A pull on the cord will raise the roller and the shade. The cord may then be secured to a convenient cleat. I

The operation of the device shown in relation to Fig. 2 is exactly similar to that heretofore described but it will be noted 'that the pulley brackets 26 extend away from the window and that additional securing lugs or perforated feet 27 and 28 are provided. I also find it convenient to provide a perforation or hole 29 through which the operating cords may pass;

It will also benotedthat the roller supporting brackets are larger and project away from the guide rods. In this construction the guide rods are not secured against the casing, the lower brackets or .thimbles may then be complete tubular members with securing lugs and the upper brackets may have slitted portions 30 and 31, which are rolled or shaped to completely surround the rods. The rod'engaging lugs of the sliding brackets may be formed from projections 32 and '33 extending inward from the bracket and bent into tubular shapes to engage the rods and thestops 34, may be formed with the uppermost rod engaging lug. I produce perforations for the engagement of the flexible member inthe body of the bracket at 35-or 36. It willbe understood that the width of the upper stationary bracket and sliding bracket are suflicient to support the shade a proper distance from the casing.

In the earlier figures I have described that outside sliding brackets as formed withsolid bodies having short projecting lugs, but it will be noted in Fig. 7 that the area of the bracket proper is decreased in size and that the lugs 40 and 41 are lengthened to project the bracket the proper distance from the casing. In this construction I perforate the upper lug for the reception of the flexible member.

Other modificationsmay be made within the scope "of the appended claims without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my by Letters Patent is 1. In a shade adjustercomprising a rod, a member adapted to slide upon said rod comprising a shade receiving bracket, a plurality of lugs formed integral with one side of said bracket and adaptedto engage said rod, a box shaped portion formed integral with said bracket and-projecting transverse to said lugs, said box shaped portion being provided with aV shaped groove anda distending means one end of which isadapted to bereceived in said groove.

2. In a shade adjuster comprising a rod,

invention what I claim and :desire to secure a member adapted to slide upon said rod, 1

tubular lugs extending'in the'direction of said foot pieces and adapted to receive said rod and a plurality of lugs formed integral With said plate and extending in a direction Signed at New York city, in the county opposite to said foot pieces, a roller received and State of New York this 24 day of SepbetWeen said last mentioned lugs and a flexitember 1914.

ble member passing over said roller and con- H. M. SCHLOSS. nected to said slidable member for operating Witnesses:

said slidable member as and for the purpose ARTHUR PHELPS MARE,

set forth. G. E. STERRITTE.

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